Potato Chip Cookies

Submitted by: Lisa


These cookies are in our family's recipe cookbook that Heather made years ago.  It is from my Grandma Dorothy.  Now, I must confess that I changed it a bit and I am not sure if the texture is because of those changes or if they are supposed to be like this.  The cookie is similar in texture to a pecan sandie.  Very good.  What I changed was : butter flavored crisco instead of butter, and I thought there might be a typo since it didn't call for any baking soda or baking powder so I added in 1/4 tsp of soda.


I don't have time or butter on hand to make it the original way, but that might change the texture.  However, I am pleased with these.


Ingredients:


3/4 c butter
3/4 c sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1 1 /2 c flour
3/4 c crushed potato chips
1/2 c chopped cashew nuts (I used dry roasted peanuts)


Directions:
Mix butter, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla together.  


Add in the flour, potato chips, and nuts.  Stir until completely incorporated.


Make walnut sized dough balls and flatten when placed on the cookie sheet.  **They do NOT spread at all when baked.**

Bake at 350 for 12 minutes, leave on pan until cooled then move to a rack.  They are a bit fragile when warm.

Puddles (by guest cook, Susan Kolberg)

Puddles are a non-bake cookie type treat I made for my 6 children while they grew up. Four of those children are my daughters Lisa, Heather, Melanie, and Hannah who make up this "Minnesota Bread Blog". I am a guest in Lisa's kitchen today.

Some of Lisa's kids and their cousins are playing outside on this mid April and snow covered day. (The fact that it snowed last night is just wrong) Nevertheless, Lisa mentioned that the kids might like a sweet treat, so I looked in our family cookbook called; Memorable Minnesota Meals & Munchies, Dec. 2000. On page 63 I found our Puddle recipe.

Here goes:

Ingredient List:

2 C sugar

1/2 C milk

3 T cocoa

3 tsp. vanilla

1 stick butter or margerine ( I use butter)

1/2 C peanut butter ( We like crunchy)

3 C quick oatmeal

Bring sugar, milk, cocoa, vanilla, and butter to a full boil. Boil for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. (boil too long and cookies fall apart, boil too short and your puddles spread---good luck on your guessing)

Turn off heat and add peanut butter, stirring until melted. Stir in Oatmeal. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper or parchment or silicone baking sheets and allow to cool.

Yum.

Signing off -- Grandma Kolberg